Greene to confront 'cheat' Merritt

World 400m hurdle champion is planning a public confrontation with controversial US athelete LaShawn Merritt at this summer's Olympics

Dai Greene and LaShawn Merritt could face each other in the 4x400m relay (Dave Thompson)

WORLD CHAMPION Dai Greene is gearing up for a public confrontation with
controversial American LaShawn Merritt at this summer’s Olympic Games.

The Welsh 400m hurdler is not afraid to tell the current Olympic 400m champion
– on the track and to his face - that he is a “cheat”.

"I'll tell you now,” said Green in the Mail on Sunday, “I'll happily go
and find him at the start and tell him to his face: 'You're a cheat and you
shouldn't be here'.”

Although they will be competing in different individual events in London, the
pair could come up against each other in the 4x400m relay with Greene likely
to be in the British quartet.

Merritt is eligible to compete at the Games, despite serving a 21-month ban
for testing positive for a banned steroid in 2010. The Court of Arbitration
for Sport last year overturned the International Olympic Committee's rule
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